Journal of Physics Teacher Education Online

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Tomorrow's Physics Teachers
Editorial

A conceptual change approach to teaching energy & thermodynamics to pre-service elementary teachers
Gail R. Luera, Charlotte A. Otto, & Paul W. Zitzewitz

Implementing inquiry-based instruction in the science classroom: A new model for solving the improvement-of-practice problem
Carl J. Wenning

Examining the professional growth of out-of-field physics teachers: Findings from a pilot study
Joseph Taylor, Janet Carlson Powell, Kim Bess, & Theodore Lamb

High school physics students' conceptions of position, velocity, and acceleration during a computer-based unit on kinematics
David A. Slykhuis & John C. Park

Journal of Physics Teacher Education Online

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Teacher training or education: Which is it?
Editorial

Levels of inquiry: Hierarchies of pedagogical practices and inquiry processes.
Carl J. Wenning

Instruction on motion in North Carolina: Does it align with national standards on paper and in practice?
David A. Slykhuis & David G. Haase

Use of J. Bruner’s learning theory in a physical experimental activity.
Nail Ozek & Selahattin Gönen

Using virtual laboratories and online instruction to enhance physics education.
Ricky J. Sethi

Journal of Physics Teacher Education Online

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JPTEO: Making A Comeback!
Editorial

Challenges facing high school physics students: An annotated synopsis of peer-reviewed literature addressing curriculum relevance and gender
Chris Gosling

A new model alternative certification program for high school physics teachers: New pathways to physics teacher certification at SUNY-Buffalo State College
Dan MacIsaac

Measuring the effectiveness of an inquiry-oriented summer physics course for in-service teachers
Graham E. Oberem & Paul G. Jasien

Repairing the Illinois high school physics teacher pipeline: Recruitment, preparation and retention of high school physics teachers ~ The Illinois model
Carl J. Wenning

Journal of Physics Teacher Education Online

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JPTEO: Down But Not Out
Editorial

Building a physics degree for high school teachers
David Kagan & Chris Gafney

Change principles for departmentally-based physics teacher education programs
Carl J. Wenning

Journal of Physics Teacher Education Online

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Improving physics teacher preparation
Editorial

An illustration of the complex nature of subject matter knowledge: A case study of secondary school physics teachers’ evaluation of scientific evidence
J. A. Taylor & T. M. Dana

Implications of Modeling Method training on physics teacher development in California’s Central Valley
D. Andrews, M. Oliver, & J. Vesenka

A model for preparing preservice physics teachers using inquiry-based methods
M. Jabot & C. H. Kautz

Journal of Physics Teacher Education Online

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Finally Arrived?
Editorial

Seeing is believing: Classroom demonstrations as scientific inquiry.
Jerod L. Gross

A multiple case study of novice and expert problem solving in kinematics with implications for physics teacher preparation.
Carl J. Wenning

Pre student teaching clinical experience guidelines for physics teacher candidates at Illinois State University.
Carl J. Wenning

Journal of Physics Teacher Education Online

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Easy come, easy go?
Editorial

Physics teachers’ concepts of statistical significance.
Joseph A. Taylor & Thomas M. Dana

A new model of physics teacher preparation.
Ingrid Novodvorsky, Debra Tomanek, Vicente Talanquer, & Timothy F. Slater

A service learning project for prospective high school physics teachers candidates.
Carl J. Wenning